Ophthalmic mounting



Jan. 10, 1939. N. PEARLSTEIN OPHTHALMIC MOUNTING Filed July 21, 1957 Patented Jan. 10, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE OPHTHALMIC MOUNTING Nathan Pearlstein, Boston, Mass.

Application July 21, 1937, Serial No. 154,844

2 Claims.

A further object is to provide the above de-' ilned features so constructed and arranged that the resulting mounting is exceptionally pleasing in appearance and relatively inconspicuous.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations oiparts which will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

A preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a portion of an ophthalmic mounting embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front. elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1 but with the parts in spaced relation;

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the pivoted end of the temple, looking in the direction of the arrow 4 in Fig. 3;

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail plan views of upper and lower rim parts, looking in the directions of the arrows 5 and 6 in Fig. 3 respectively;

Figs. 7 and 8 are side elevations of said parts, partially broken away and looking in the directions of the arrows i and 8 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 9 is a sectional front elevation of my improved construction;

Fig. 10 is a sectional plan view, taken along the line Ill-Ill in Fig. 9; and

Fig. 11 is an enlarged plan view, looking in the direction of the arrow II in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown a portion of an ophthalmic mounting, including a rim' R for holding a lens L, said rim comprising an upper rim part ill and a lower rim part ii. I have also shown a temple l2 having a down-turned end portion l4 pivotally connected to the end of the rim part Ill in a manner to be described.

The upper rim part ID has an enlarged lower end i5, provided with a threaded central opening l6 and with a concentric lower recess l8. The recess l8 receives a circular projection 20 on the upper end of the lower rim part II, and is open at its inner edge to receive an inner extension 2i (Fig. 6) of the projection 20.

A. binding screw 22 extends upward through an opening 23 in the end 'of the lower part II and is threaded into the opening it in the end I! of the upper rim part Ill. The head of the screw I3 is concealed in a recess 24 in the end 5 o! the rim part II.

The down-turned end it of the temple II has a cylindrical bearing portion 30 provided with a segmental circumferential groove 3|. The bearing portion 30 is mounted in a bearing opening 10 33 in the end i I, which bearing opening is aligned with the threaded opening l6 and recess ll previously described.

The temple part It has an enlarged cylindrical portion 35 fitting an enlarged recess 33 above the bearing opening 33. The portion 35 has a v-snaped projection 31 (Figs. 4 and 11) at one side of said portion, and the recess 33 is cut away at one side to permit the projection 3'! to swing. One or both of the ends 38 of the side wall 39 01' the recess 36 are engaged by the sides of the projection 31 and form stops to limit swinging movement of the temple in one or both directions.

A retaining screw 40 is threaded in a rearwardly projecting ear ll of the end l5, and this ear 4| may be slitted as indicated at 42. The screw 40 is so located that a portion of the screw enters the segmental groove 3i when the parts are assembled and thus prevents endwise displacement of the temple part I. The slitted construction of the ear 4| permits the bearing friction on the temple to be adjusted by tightening or loosening the screw 40.

The temple l2 may be of any desired construction but is preferably of circular cross section in the body portion and of square or diamondshaped section adjacent the pivot bearing thereof.

It will be particularly noted that the axis of the temple bearing is aligned with the axis of the binding screw 22 and is also preferably in the central plane of the lens L. The rim connection and temple bearing are thus very inconspicuous, the parts thereof projecting only slightly at the side and rear of the lens rim.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:-

1. In an ophthalmic mounting, a separable lens rim having upper and lower rim parts with telescoping end portions, a binding screw extending upward through the end of the lower rim part and secured in a threaded opening in the end of the upper rim part, and a temple hav i3 ed in a bearing opening in the end of the upper rim part, which bearing opening forms an axial I continuation of the threaded opening which reeeives said binding screw.

2. In an ophthalmic mounting. a separable lens rim having upper and lower rim parts with teleoooping end portions, a binding screw extending upwardthroughtheendoithelowerrimpart mandsecuredinathreadedopeningintheend oi'theupperrimpart.andatemplehsvinga down-turned end portion pivotally mounted in abeoringopeningintheendoitheupperrim part, which opening is contiguous with said v threaded opening, the pivotal axis 01' said temple end portion and bearing opening being substantiaily aligned with the axis oi the threaded opening for said binding screw and being substantially.

in the central plane of the lens.

NATHAN PEARLS'I'EIN. v 10 

